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Originally Posted by Shooting Love
Seriously, like I said 50 posts ago, I've been hit with a taser. It hurts like the dickens (just so you know the dickens hurts a lot. He's a pretty messed up guy...), and getting up and following orders was not high on my list. If a cop had hit me with the taser, you're damn straight I'd be screaming and carrying on. You'd have to tase me again at that point, cause I'd be trying to tear out his fucking larynx.
I was wondering why he never burst into flames myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by FirstBlood
After thinking about the situation, I really have no sympathy for either party involved. They're all major fuckups, imo.
First hand accounts make the kid out to be an asshole, which he probably was. He should've left after not having ID cards. Rules are rules. If he was legitimately causing a disturbance, he should be dealt with by the police. His fault for resisting. The Patriot Act line was pretty lol too. I hope it becomes a 4chan meme.
But I don't fucking understand WHY the police needed to taser him after he was like cuffed and on the ground. What the fuck were they hoping to accomplish? He was obviously already incapacitated. gg ucpd, you retards.
God, everyone involved in this case is fucking stupid.
I don't think anybody is defending the kid. Like most kids in college would he did not handle the situation correctly. But the police are the ones who hold authority and therefore their actions are much more egregious. Under no situation should an unarmed non-violent (even if he resisted that is not violence) person every be repeatedly shocked by police. The police should only use enough force to deal with a particular situation and this is clearly excessive use of force.
A taser hurting more than a bullet? Bullets hurt like hell. I don't understand that comparison.
Depends where you get hit with each, and what kind. I could understand it in some circumstances.
The kid being an asshole is not the issue. The issue is that being an asshole is not grounds for using a taser.
If you're so much of an asshole that on-campus patrol has to bring in the actual police department to remove you, you damn well better be ready to receive any & all physical abuse they're going to give you.
I don't believe they shoot police officers with bullets as a part of standard training, but they do tase 'em. I think there's a difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by icarusfall
Resisting arrest/restraint/escort is.Quote:
Originally Posted by sethsez
A taser is about the least forceful thing a cop can do short of asking nicely.
The more I read about what really happened, the more I agree with the cops. Wow, that kid was a tool.